We had a great group for the trip and had some very nice birds, along with other wildlife including cicadas, an Eyed Click Beetle, a Hummingbird Moth, Bullfrog adult and tadpoles, Red-Spotted Purple and several Swallowtails including a very large specimen which we thought was likely a Giant Swallowtail,
60 bird species:
Wood Duck - pair on Doodletown Res
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Black Vulture - Doodletown
Turkey Vulture
Broad-winged Hawk - Sterling
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - many seen and heard including a pair mating by the Doodltown 'car park'
Black-billed Cuckoo - seen by Louis at Doodletown, heard at Sterling
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Black Vulture - Doodletown
Turkey Vulture
Broad-winged Hawk - Sterling
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - many seen and heard including a pair mating by the Doodltown 'car park'
Black-billed Cuckoo - seen by Louis at Doodletown, heard at Sterling
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Willow Flycatcher - Near start of Doodletown Trail, per Rusty
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven - Doodltown, also seen while driving at Central Valley
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush - Near start of Doodletown Trail, per Louis
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Worm-eating Warbler - 3 heard at Doodletown
Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 at Doodletown
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler - 1 at Ironwood Drive
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler - many heard at Doodletown, eventually we got great views
American Redstart
Cerulean Warbler - many at Doodletown, 2 at Sterling
Yellow Warbler
Prairie Warbler- Power line cut at Ironwood
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Willow Flycatcher - Near start of Doodletown Trail, per Rusty
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven - Doodltown, also seen while driving at Central Valley
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush - Near start of Doodletown Trail, per Louis
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Worm-eating Warbler - 3 heard at Doodletown
Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 at Doodletown
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler - 1 at Ironwood Drive
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler - many heard at Doodletown, eventually we got great views
American Redstart
Cerulean Warbler - many at Doodletown, 2 at Sterling
Yellow Warbler
Prairie Warbler- Power line cut at Ironwood
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Peter Colen:
http://www.petercolenphotography.com/WinterWrens/Doodletown220130601/29765803_P476BD#!i=2550037585&k=VMnNF9g
This time (2 weeks later) I went with the Brooklyn Bird Club and had a
great time with my fellow Brooklynites.
We saw most of our target birds. Alas no rattlesnake.
Good Birding
Peter Colen
Brooklyn NY
